Verner Blaudzun (born 23 March 1946) is a Danish former cyclist who represented Denmark at the

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. He won the bronze medal in the men's team time trial at the

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held in Canada, alongside Gert Frank, Jørgen Hansen and Jørn Lund. He came fourth in the same even at the 1968 Olympics, and came 42nd 4 years later in the 1980 men's road race. Blaudzun's son,

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, was a professional

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who was twice Denmark's national road racing champion and 3 times national time trial champion. He retired after the 2008 season. The Dutch singer-songwriter and bicycle racing enthusiast Johannes Sigmond chose 'Blaudzun' as his stage name.

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* * 1946 births Living people Danish male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Denmark Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Sønderborg Municipality Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Cyclists from the Region of Southern Denmark 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub